Australian singles charts:
Cry Me a River entered the Kent charts on 17 March 1956 and peaked at #21. It was #100 on the Top 100 of 1956.
Album:
The song is on Julie is Her Name which charted in Australia in 1956.
Songwriter:
Arthur Hamilton
Producer:
Bobby Troup
Record label of Australian release:
London
Wikipedia:
The popular American torch song Cry Me a River was written by Arthur Hamilton and made famous in 1955 by Julie London, backed by Barney Kessel on guitar and Ray Leatherwood on bass. A performance of the song by London in the 1956 film The Girl Can’t Help It, helped to make it a bestseller.
In 2001, the Julie London version of Cry Me a River was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cry_Me_a_River_(Arthur_Hamilton_song)
Lyrics:
Now you say you’re lonely
You cried the long night through
Well, you can cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you
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